Community Hub Meetings

A reminder that the Parish Council, in partnership with Thomas Homes, is holding a series of meetings to discuss aspects of the Community Hub on Saturday 19th March in St Mary’s Church, commencing at 9am.

Full details and agenda are here: Continue reading

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Book Talk at St Mary’s

The author of Landmark in Time – The World of Wittenham Clumps, Peter Adamson, is coming to St Mary’s Church in May to talk about how and why his book came to be written, and about the  challenge of making each of the twenty chapters tell a story about the things that fall within view of the Clumps.

The talk will also describe how the author began by thinking there were probably many places in England from which such a book could be written, but ended by realising that Continue reading

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Council Tax ‘Rebate’

Thousands of council tax payers in South Oxfordshire will soon receive a £150 council tax ‘rebate’ to help with rising energy bills.

The government has announced that most households in council tax bands A-D will be eligible for the rebate, however, the ‘rebate’ will not be taken off residents’ council tax bills when they are issued.

South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) is putting arrangements in place to make a separate payment to households as soon as possible: Continue reading

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Neighbourhood Plan Update

The latest public consultation on the Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) was completed on 8th March and all the responses have been sent to the examiner for his opinion.  The future timetable will depend on how quickly the examiner completes his report.

In a letter to the Parish Council, South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC)’s assistant planning officer Rosalynn Whiteley said that the council expects to receive the examiner’s fact checking report by the end of March. Continue reading

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Parcel Deliveries

Royal Mail has asked the Parish Council to advise residents that, with immediate effect, 24hr and 48hr tracked parcels will no longer be left unattended at our doors unless the recipient requests that their parcel be left in a safe place.

If you have ordered something that will be 24/48hr tracked and receive a notification from Royal Mail of delivery, you must request a ‘leave in a safe place’ or desired location for delivery, if you will not be home.  If not, the postman cannot leave the delivery without Continue reading

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Planning Application

The Parish Council has been advised by South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) of a new planning application within the village.

The application, at Mouldens, High Street, Long Wittenham, is to use the existing garage-style outbuilding as ancillary residential accommodation.

The details may be viewed on the SODC website: Continue reading

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Church/Parish Leaflet

Many residents will have seen the recent leaflet from the vicar, the Revd Canon Paul Wignall.

For those who did not receive it, the text is reproduced here.

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Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebration Sunday 5th June

Plans are afoot for a big village celebration to mark the Queen’s seventy years of service –  the first British monarch to reach this incredible milestone.

To mark the occasion, the UK has been granted an additional Bank Holiday, with the late May bank holiday being moved to Thursday 2nd June 2022 and the new, additional bank holiday on Friday 3rd June.

A series of celebrations are being planned across the country for the new four-day bank Continue reading

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Changes for Parking in South Oxfordshire

South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) will be introducing changes to parking in South Oxfordshire from April.

Motorists parking in district council car parks in Didcot, Goring, Henley, Thame or Wallingford are advised that from Monday 4th April 2022: Continue reading

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Parish Council Meeting – Thursday 10th March

The Parish Council will hold its monthly meeting in the Village Hall at 7:30pm on Thursday 10th March.

All residents are invited to attend.  Download the agenda here.

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